General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Parliament building |
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Awards and Distinctions
| 1976 |
for registered users |
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Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| tower height | 92.2 m |
Chronology
| 1859 — 1866 | Construction of the Centre, East and West blocks of the Parliament Buildings. |
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| 3 February 1916 | A small fire starts in the Parliamentary Reading Room in the Centre Block. Fed by stacks of newspapers and varnished woodwork, it claims seven lives and reduces all but the north-west wing and the Library to a charred shell. Due to the diligence of an employee who closed the Library's iron doors in time, thousands of irreplaceable books are saved. |
| 1922 | Reconstruction of the destroyed parts is completed. The new structures, which preserves the Gothic Revival style of the original, is designed by John Pearson and Jean Omar Marchand. |
Participants
Architecture
- John A. Pearson (architect)
- Jean Omer Marchand (architect)
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20010760 - Published on:
29/11/2003 - Last updated on:
27/08/2015
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